Fury's Big Week

Fury's Big Week
Cover of chapter 2. Art by Gerald Parel.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
FormatLimited series
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateMarch – April 2012
No. of issues8 (digital), 4 ("chapters" in paper)
Creative team
Written by
Penciller(s)
  • Luke Ross
  • Daniel Hdr
  • Agustin Padilla
  • Wellinton Alves
Inker(s)
  • Mark Pennington
  • Rick Ketcham
  • Don Ho

Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week, or simply Fury's Big Week, is a limited series comic book published by Marvel Comics as an official tie-in comic to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), specifically the 2012 film Marvel's The Avengers. The comic was written by Eric Pearson from stories by himself and Chris Yost, with art by various pencillers. Fury's Big Week follows Nick Fury and several agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as they deal with the various events of the MCU films leading up to The Avengers.

Marvel began releasing tie-in comics to the MCU films in 2008, and revealed an expanded marketing plan for its published tie-ins ahead of the release of The Avengers. Fury's Big Week was announced in February 2012, with Marvel Studios working closely with the comics division to ensure continuity between the various products. The comic draws connections between the different films of Marvel's Phase One, retelling events from the perspective of S.H.I.E.L.D. and adding new character interactions and sequences.

Fury's Big Week was released digitally in eight issues from February to March 2012, to tie-in with the film's marketing. The comic was then published in hard copy from March to April as four individual chapters.